Day: February 5, 2016

National Parks Awarded Million for Centennial Projects While Yellowstone and Yosemite pre-date the national park system in the United States, big news took place in August 1916, when the president created the National Park Service. A hundred years later, it’s…

Cancún’s mangroves destroyed, but hope grows again Just a month ago, if you passed by Tajamar in Cancún, Mexico you would have seen 57 hectares of thriving mangrove forest lining the coast. Today, only stumps remain. Image courtesy of Salvemos Manglar…

Jaguar Caught On Camera In Arizona Mountains [VIDEO] Footage of the only known wild jaguar in the U.S. was recently released by the Center for Biological Diversity. The big cat can be seen alive and well, lurking through wooded areas…

Bee Decline Linked To European Bees and Human Trading, Study Finds Researchers have discovered that the vast majority of infected hives can be traced back to one source — the European honeybee, which is consistenly traded and imported to North…

Mountains in Central Appalachia Flatter Post-Mining Mountaintop mining is making the Appalachians smaller. Duke University recently led a study on this and the effects on water quality in the Central Appalachians. Source: Natures Talk Show via Nature World NewsMountains in…

Gray Treefrogs Reveal Clues About Climate Change A recent study suggests the plight of the commen gray treefrog may help scientists measure the impact of climate change and better assess the health of a given ecosystem. Source: Natures Talk Show…

Australian Wombats: Researchers Reveal Underground Burrow Networks For First Time [VIDEO] Researcher have for the first time explored the inner workings of Australian wombat warrens, or interconnected burrows, in hopes of understanding the rather elusive animals better and their conservation…

{$inline_image} Ancient Wildebeest Ancestor Had Nose Of Duck-Billed Dinosaur Researchers have recently unearthed fossils of an extinct wildebeest-like creature named Rusingoryx that boasted a strange nasal structure similar to that of duck-billed dinosaurs. Source: Natures Talk Show via Nature World…

{$inline_image} Four New Deep-Sea Worms Help Researchers Solve Evolutionary Mystery Pink deep-sea worms previously represented by only a single species have puzzled biologists for nearly six decades. However, four new worms recently spotted near California and Mexico have helped scientists…